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first time your father ever was on cbs. just looking at these two guys and this great picture and knowing what they meant to future journalism, what do you think about homer bigart and cronkite together? >> childhood and adolescence. almost the voice of god. and complete authority. homer bigart, because i am a writer and didn't know about cronkite's rating. later became one of their heroes. and most journalists, and sensibility and sense of humor. everything about it seemed perfect. and the other is the voice i have as a writer. >> what strikes me often with these guys is being together is a -- how green they were at the correct point that they mirrored the military guys over there. and anybody who has been in this business knows you get better when you emulate or pushing you along that maybe you even have the computer or the laptop -- hands these guys -- what he has done is taken some names that are commonplace and other names we haven't heard as much about that you realize the synergy and the kinship between all of them a
first time your father ever was on cbs. just looking at these two guys and this great picture and knowing what they meant to future journalism, what do you think about homer bigart and cronkite together? >> childhood and adolescence. almost the voice of god. and complete authority. homer bigart, because i am a writer and didn't know about cronkite's rating. later became one of their heroes. and most journalists, and sensibility and sense of humor. everything about it seemed perfect. and...
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the program wasn't even on cbs. so i was sitting there really upset with myself and two seconds later my computer beeped. it was chip, and it read, the actor's name was hayden rourke. i was thrilled to deliver a script to him once in hollywood. we love the i dream of jeannie and the cronkite household, exclamation point, exclamation point. having bonded over barbara eden, we were friends for life. there are just dozens, hundreds of things we could explore her but i kind of boiled it down to three, and especially how those three things effected to great correspondents come to great friends who, in fact, stayed inseparable friends for the rest of their lives, walter cronkite and homer bigart. both credential. they did brilliantly month after month in early 1943. the first thing is how these five correspondents rose to the challenge despite being so wet behind the ears. there was nothing about their backgrounds to suggest that they could cover a global conflict. not to put too fine a point on it, but we are talking abo
the program wasn't even on cbs. so i was sitting there really upset with myself and two seconds later my computer beeped. it was chip, and it read, the actor's name was hayden rourke. i was thrilled to deliver a script to him once in hollywood. we love the i dream of jeannie and the cronkite household, exclamation point, exclamation point. having bonded over barbara eden, we were friends for life. there are just dozens, hundreds of things we could explore her but i kind of boiled it down to...
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thanks to chip we were able to pull that of cbs news a copy of d-day plus 20, the classic in 1864 cbs news documentary. i see some had not and that mr. cronkhite did with dwight eisenhower. if we could, to quick clips. you may want to stand up because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> undertaking. the >> you get to see from back here, this is the battle, a natural thing to do because he could blow over as if necessary. that's what we were trying to get through. they finally developed where everything went fine. this first day was really a tough one. what tommy here comes the little man. >> msa this has been the most interesting to take a look at. that would've been something, would not? ♪ >> already. thanks. that is why we'd like i ate. a wonderful loving sister. >> ray. i think we are kind of running out of time, so nathan if it's okay, can we skip ahead to the following thing? is important that we close on the snow. my book begins in the most sacred place in the world, the normandy cemetery of both omaha beach and this wonderful documentary
thanks to chip we were able to pull that of cbs news a copy of d-day plus 20, the classic in 1864 cbs news documentary. i see some had not and that mr. cronkhite did with dwight eisenhower. if we could, to quick clips. you may want to stand up because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> undertaking. the >> you get to see from back here, this is the battle, a natural thing to do because he could blow over as if necessary. that's what we were...
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cbs news documentary. i see some heads nodding. mr. cronkite did with the great dwight david eisenhower. and if we could, we'd show two quick clips, and, guys, you may want to stand up to see this because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> undertaking. you can see from back here, walter, this was where the battle took place, and it was a natural thing to do because you knew you could blow out roads if necessary. but there were these bore avenues, and that's what we were trying to get through. and there, of course, is the battle plan they developed. everything went fine. but the first day was really a tough one. look, here comes a little nun with a whole little -- >> well, that's for another parade. how do you do, sister? how do you do? how do, sister. >> they're pretty children. >> i must say that this has been the most interesting thing to take a look at. if the g.i.s of 20 years ago could have seen that, that would have been something, wouldn't it? ♪ >> run it thr
cbs news documentary. i see some heads nodding. mr. cronkite did with the great dwight david eisenhower. and if we could, we'd show two quick clips, and, guys, you may want to stand up to see this because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> undertaking. you can see from back here, walter, this was where the battle took place, and it was a natural thing to do because you knew you could blow out roads if necessary. but there were these bore avenues, and...
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cbs news documentary. i see some heads nodding. that mr. cronkite did with the great late eisenhower. if we could show to quick clips. guys you may want to stand up see this because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> you can see from back here walter, this was where the battle took place and it was the natural thing to do because you knew you could blow out roads if necessary. that is what we were trying to get through. there of course is the battle finally developed, everything went fine. e first day was really a tough one. here comes another nunn. how do you do, sister? how do you do? how do you do, sister? i must say this has been the most interesting thing to look at. if the gis of 20 years of go could have seen that, that would have been something. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thanks. that is why we liked it. wonderful moment sister, how do you do, sister? right. i think we are kind of running out of time so if it's okay could we skip ahead to the final thing? it's really impo
cbs news documentary. i see some heads nodding. that mr. cronkite did with the great late eisenhower. if we could show to quick clips. guys you may want to stand up see this because it's a wonderful moment. very early on in the shooting, this happened. >> you can see from back here walter, this was where the battle took place and it was the natural thing to do because you knew you could blow out roads if necessary. that is what we were trying to get through. there of course is the battle...
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cb luigi why is it despite the crony capitalism that you talk about, the design in the fashion industry managed to succeed despite this and become world leaders in spite of this and i wonder if there is any lessons in that about overcoming if you will the constrictions of the state? >> if you allow me a joke. the joke is because the human capital is so great that they overcome all their diversity's. but more seriously, there is a lot of creativity in italy and industries that don't require a large infrastructure, you can still operate and be okay. so the fashion industry is basically an interstate based on a few individuals with a lot of talent. it is not a large organization that requires efficiencies and that is where italy has a comparable advantage. we are fantastic at producing niche products like ferrari but not as good at producing cars like the fiat. so i think in a system that is not transparent and not -- is much more difficult in a large organization. a system that lacks trust is much more difficult than a large organization. that is where italy is deficient and that is where
cb luigi why is it despite the crony capitalism that you talk about, the design in the fashion industry managed to succeed despite this and become world leaders in spite of this and i wonder if there is any lessons in that about overcoming if you will the constrictions of the state? >> if you allow me a joke. the joke is because the human capital is so great that they overcome all their diversity's. but more seriously, there is a lot of creativity in italy and industries that don't...
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was consume some point when he was trading with a french bank that they were overly exposed to greece cbs's. the french trader told him don't worry, the government is behind us. so i think that the fact that people might discuss whether the too big to fail doctrine caused the crisis. there's no discussion after the crisis, people do perceive that that's a problem. now, in terms of your i think that if you want to have traitors pay their sort of part of costs and part of the blame. in greece, the greeks sort of cheated and they have their responsibility, but the lenders who did not check the greeks, and the system has been a system where we use public resources basically to ensure the creditors so between 2010 and 2012, most of the credit left. announcer difficult for greece to get out for any form of restructure because there's not enough money that they can restructure with because the, imf would never concede, et cetera. succumbing to spain, i think that you don't want the spanish banks to collapse because that would have dramatic negative effect on europe. but that doesn't mean you have
was consume some point when he was trading with a french bank that they were overly exposed to greece cbs's. the french trader told him don't worry, the government is behind us. so i think that the fact that people might discuss whether the too big to fail doctrine caused the crisis. there's no discussion after the crisis, people do perceive that that's a problem. now, in terms of your i think that if you want to have traitors pay their sort of part of costs and part of the blame. in greece,...
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it is systemic and even though you have those in a way of the cbs that are designed to fail, the fact that you have cbo's and the way they were used as cbo's squared, that should not have been announced by the regulators. the regulators have failed by failing to regulate. >> of course, i agree. they're several lines of defense against this. when we arrive at a situation where this tiny little outfit, e.g. financial products is waiting unbelievable sums of cbs, credit default swaps with no backing whatsoever, hoping to bring the whole financial into a crash at the end and then larry summers says, weary country of law. we have to pay them their bonuses still. [laughter] how are we ever going to get it under control if there isn't accountability? >> i think george would agree on accountability. i think we can have one question and it should come from the night. >> thank you, first of all for taking questions. it seems to the concern over lack of use, stimulus for spending -- >> speak louder, please. >> it seems stimulus concern over spending has come to the panelists tonight, but it also
it is systemic and even though you have those in a way of the cbs that are designed to fail, the fact that you have cbo's and the way they were used as cbo's squared, that should not have been announced by the regulators. the regulators have failed by failing to regulate. >> of course, i agree. they're several lines of defense against this. when we arrive at a situation where this tiny little outfit, e.g. financial products is waiting unbelievable sums of cbs, credit default swaps with no...
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at a situation with his tiny little outfit, aig financial products is writing unbelievable sums of cbs's and credit default swaps with no backing whatsoever, helping to bring the whole financial system to a crash at the end, and then larry summers says we are a country of laws. we have to pay them their bonuses still. how are we ever going to get it under control if there isn't accountability ultimately? >> i think george would agree on accountability really, but i think we can ask one more question and i think it should come from the side. >> thank you first of all for taking the question. steams -- seems the concern over spending -- >> louder please. >> it seems the concern over lack of stimulus for spending is -- by the panels tonight but there is emphasis about the efficiency of the u.s. government spending is also reasonable. are there any policy changes that the panels would recommend that might enhance the confidence of citizens and government spending and political will around that kind of spending? thank you burkas be what is your question? >> can we change policies to make peop
at a situation with his tiny little outfit, aig financial products is writing unbelievable sums of cbs's and credit default swaps with no backing whatsoever, helping to bring the whole financial system to a crash at the end, and then larry summers says we are a country of laws. we have to pay them their bonuses still. how are we ever going to get it under control if there isn't accountability ultimately? >> i think george would agree on accountability really, but i think we can ask one...
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it wasn't lawyers at google, it was the head of abc and cbs. contrast that with the 1920s, the previous free speech era, then it was the government putting eugene debs, candidate for president, in jail l for criticizing the war. so we've moved from the government is the threat to the broadcast networks to now the lawyers at the internet service providers. and it's the isp people who have a vastly more complicated task. >> and, of course, this show is to prove that it's not entirely a vast wasteland. >> thanks to c-span. we always say that whenever we appear. [laughter] >> so, um, another thing that you've grappled with in your writing and have for a long time are the multiple ways in which we fear that technology could compromise this, on unprecedented ways reputation and also freeze our identity. many people, including you, have focused in particular on the global, instantaneous impact of the internet and the persistence of it. i think most people when they're young commit mistakes. it's not that we stop committing them, but maybe the most gro
it wasn't lawyers at google, it was the head of abc and cbs. contrast that with the 1920s, the previous free speech era, then it was the government putting eugene debs, candidate for president, in jail l for criticizing the war. so we've moved from the government is the threat to the broadcast networks to now the lawyers at the internet service providers. and it's the isp people who have a vastly more complicated task. >> and, of course, this show is to prove that it's not entirely a vast...
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there are success stories on the cbs evening news. the are not success stories and follows done with rigorous control groups two years later, okay? we don't know how to compensate for the absence of fathers and the presence of fathers is absent enforcement do you know how much difference it would make if that's what was commonly said on news programs, and by members of the upper class in conversation and by newspapers and if you're were just taken for granted that boy, bring a child into the work if you're unmarried woman and you're a male not prepared to take care of that child is really wrong. if that were simply in the air, we wouldn't be making it up. we wouldn't be demonizing people without reason to say what you're doing here is not just a lifestyle choice, it's wrong. and yet how hard it is to say in a setting but because i want to backpedal and say but, of course, we all know many single mothers are doing their best in this difficult situation. of course, there are to many civil mothers raise wonderful kids. that's absolutely
there are success stories on the cbs evening news. the are not success stories and follows done with rigorous control groups two years later, okay? we don't know how to compensate for the absence of fathers and the presence of fathers is absent enforcement do you know how much difference it would make if that's what was commonly said on news programs, and by members of the upper class in conversation and by newspapers and if you're were just taken for granted that boy, bring a child into the...
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when cbs evening news became more important, when the new rath m nwork d w nktart as the anchor in the 60s and was there for 20 years into the early 80s and i just think that pridents, time covering is certainly fascinating and he was a fascinating person because he was so thoughtful and douglas brinkley is a wonderful histian. s hto pro at rivit heke tav academy and princeton. he is the real story and also does detailed comprehensive research in hiriding sohe biography of cnke e be din biography of walter cronkite. the fact that douglas brinkley wrote it andight high regard for himnd t f tt kis l-n a loinount a having this kind of biography is an excellent thing for us to have documentation in there thasok ita voices. vital vcesan oiz edhiynt a ele t and put a chapter in as secretary of state clinton becausi have been so impressed by the role that women have taken thrght thworl iclycoie t ioue and blow women leaders have emerged to create peace and honesty and integrity ghn iew to fight for a human sacng all of us were taken with the women, the treatment of women in gendatnty n and wh
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doing television for cbs, nbc. my daughter was sexually assaulted by a 13-year-old boy. i began to look around and say wait a minute, how did this happen? it made no sense. following that trail, it led me to doctor kinsey, which led me to hugh hefner, which moved me into looking into the pornography issue, which made me the principal investigator for the u.s. department of justice study on images of child crime and violence. so there we are. >> should pornography be outlawed? >> oh, yes. originally it was, you know. we didn't lose anything by going back to that. it has had a huge impact on child sex abuse. no question about that. in the netherlands where i said that, i was on television. and i said that playboy had been producing child cannot pornography based on the research for doj since at least the 1950s. playboy sued me for it libel and slander in the netherlands. they would never see me here. if they see me here, give us a jury trial here. the judge looks at all the documentation and the images of the children and said no, she's right. playboy lost to little old me
doing television for cbs, nbc. my daughter was sexually assaulted by a 13-year-old boy. i began to look around and say wait a minute, how did this happen? it made no sense. following that trail, it led me to doctor kinsey, which led me to hugh hefner, which moved me into looking into the pornography issue, which made me the principal investigator for the u.s. department of justice study on images of child crime and violence. so there we are. >> should pornography be outlawed? >> oh,...
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what it says is if you make your money by speculating, buying cbs, trying to lie down the creaky economy, caused turmoil in the world, you're going to be taxed at 15%. if you work hard and try to make an innovation and are successful , you will be taxed at 35%. you can say how does this reflect either our values or system of economic efficiency. what it does reflect of course is politics. but before coming to that, i want to spend just a few minutes trying to explain why america's in the quality is so bad for our economy and growth. it's bad for politics and has a lot adverse effects, but in the narrow sense, not only looking at it from a moral point of view but an economic point of view, it's bad. the first reason is this kind of inequality is associated with more instability. it's not -- in a weaker economy. it's not an accident last time any quality reached a level that is comparable to what we have today was the 1929 great depression. and the reason for this, let me try to explain very quickly, the people with the top save a significant fraction of their income, 15, 20%. people at th
what it says is if you make your money by speculating, buying cbs, trying to lie down the creaky economy, caused turmoil in the world, you're going to be taxed at 15%. if you work hard and try to make an innovation and are successful , you will be taxed at 35%. you can say how does this reflect either our values or system of economic efficiency. what it does reflect of course is politics. but before coming to that, i want to spend just a few minutes trying to explain why america's in the...
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maybe some of you heard arthur gottfried cbs news commentary of the zero march in washington. godfrey is growing, for god's sake. he said fdr stood for the little guy so he could get a fair shake your people cried because they knew that he stood for the g.i. bill. and social security. effort government playing an active role in helping people get by and have human rights. but the greatest generation celebration wasn't about government playing a role in your life. it was the individuals who had what it took to join the service, fight the good fight, defeat evil in the world and build a great country. there's truth in some of that, but what is a faced here and marginalized is that mid century progressive thought, which were roosevelt said the center of the political experiment with a government would play and had major responsibilities for your welfare, and could help you. that idea became increasingly under attack after 1945. and as it did, so did roosevelt himself and his ideas, begin to be pushed aside for the public celebration and understanding of thank you. so if you go to
maybe some of you heard arthur gottfried cbs news commentary of the zero march in washington. godfrey is growing, for god's sake. he said fdr stood for the little guy so he could get a fair shake your people cried because they knew that he stood for the g.i. bill. and social security. effort government playing an active role in helping people get by and have human rights. but the greatest generation celebration wasn't about government playing a role in your life. it was the individuals who had...
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he called in to cbs in new york, and they were able to catch his voice around the country on cbs radio. that is the first time that cronkite was ever heard. the point of this is that cronkite was a serious print reporter. a serious journalist. somebody who covered everything in the united states, and then during world war ii, he was able to cover normandy and the battle of the bulge, and he was at the nuremberg trials and the liberation of europe and all of these things, which gave them gravitas before he went on tv. not just a newsreader, but someone who had the journalistic chops. the thought of 1981 and the fact that cnn had just launched, we were still a country with three nightly newscasts. that's where people got their news. we did not have a great marketplace of choices on cable. we didn't have the internet or twitter, displacing everyone and everything is the as the main source of news. i can't imagine what mr. cronkite would think of the world today he encountered it. i would imagine it would seem very unfamiliar beginning with the fact that many fewer people watch the evening
he called in to cbs in new york, and they were able to catch his voice around the country on cbs radio. that is the first time that cronkite was ever heard. the point of this is that cronkite was a serious print reporter. a serious journalist. somebody who covered everything in the united states, and then during world war ii, he was able to cover normandy and the battle of the bulge, and he was at the nuremberg trials and the liberation of europe and all of these things, which gave them...
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obama's relatives, i learned that cbs had talked about it, dad when the riots were sweeping the city, she was by herself. her husband traveled. he was a minister and was often away. and she got a pot full of water and lie and oiled it on the stove and said she was ready. and it was the first time. it was interesting to really be placed there and really there. >> that part of the book in some ways really does use one because by the time you get to the reconstruction violence you describe, you sort of already -- i will say that you're not, but anything is possible at that point. a new york times reviewer said that michelle's ancestors that they were, and i quote, i'll clean people who own no property, left no writing. theirs is mostly a bigger scale full of abandonment, early death, poverty, orphans and the literacy. yet it is also an occasionally story of home buying business, sounding as wedding. it is not entirely correct? >> i wouldn't say that. it is history as i said, i think one of michelle obama's and that is best for me when looking back and how did they get via? their american
obama's relatives, i learned that cbs had talked about it, dad when the riots were sweeping the city, she was by herself. her husband traveled. he was a minister and was often away. and she got a pot full of water and lie and oiled it on the stove and said she was ready. and it was the first time. it was interesting to really be placed there and really there. >> that part of the book in some ways really does use one because by the time you get to the reconstruction violence you describe,...
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in the 1950s some people thought cronkite he was republican because the founder of cbs work directly for dwight eisenhower, and ike, personally loved walter cronkite so when you have the 20th anniversary of d-day, dwight took cronkite there. so there is would feeling cronkite might be a republican but the vietnam war showed him to be a liberal, and he came out publicly saying, i'm a man of the left, in a speech with barbara jordan. >> host: did that hurt him? >> guest: no, because at that time he had stepped down as the anchor manin' 1981. he played mr. objective quite bell, and if you go to a doctor and are getting surgery you don't care if the doctor is a democrat or republican, but when he came out and voiced some disseptember own the vietnam war, it was the beginning of him editorializing, and today we see people in television who are editorializing all the time, and that's a slippery slope we're on now. and also, you see, with cronkite the berth of celebrities and television. where cronkite would go to a rally with senators and people running for president, everybody bum rushed
in the 1950s some people thought cronkite he was republican because the founder of cbs work directly for dwight eisenhower, and ike, personally loved walter cronkite so when you have the 20th anniversary of d-day, dwight took cronkite there. so there is would feeling cronkite might be a republican but the vietnam war showed him to be a liberal, and he came out publicly saying, i'm a man of the left, in a speech with barbara jordan. >> host: did that hurt him? >> guest: no, because...
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in the old days, essentially cbs, nbc, abc were con ed. they no longer are. now, of course, there are a lot of people in the networks that understand this, and you can begin to see some changes in network programming now to attempt to speak to this kind of seriousness in this sort of audience. c-span: does tv dominate us or merely distract us? this is another one of your points. "in 1992 the following activities occurred among viewers while the tv set was on: eating dinner, 63 percent; engaging in another activity with the tv as background noise, 36 percent; and falling asleep, 29 percent." >> guest: absolutely. again, that's why the mere nielsen numbers about when the tv set is on or off doesn't tell us very much about the real activity of the audience. i talk a lot in myths four and five about the often-expressed desire on the part of people who really want to seriously study the relationship between the tv viewer and the television set, the desire to somehow or another observe it in a life context as opposed to an abstract context. we talk about people wat
in the old days, essentially cbs, nbc, abc were con ed. they no longer are. now, of course, there are a lot of people in the networks that understand this, and you can begin to see some changes in network programming now to attempt to speak to this kind of seriousness in this sort of audience. c-span: does tv dominate us or merely distract us? this is another one of your points. "in 1992 the following activities occurred among viewers while the tv set was on: eating dinner, 63 percent;...
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morley safer reporting on cbs. and describing a village being burnt and saying deadpan, and this is what we are fighting for, freedom and democracy. totally deadpan, and you see a village being burned, and women on fire screaming and running out. and what they've done since that war is that the coverage is very controlled. and what you're shown is what the vietnam war they couldn't completely control the stuff coming out, and that was important. and, of course, the place where that war isn't forgotten at all is in vietnam. they will never forget it. so this america they forget it -- in america they alternate it because you move on to the next war, but the people who actually suffered, i guess even some of the young generations it's history now, but they see the scars. >> the forces of empire, you minimized to some degree, it was denied or marginalized, and the true you, but i saw shots, i was in of bush know, 28 days after, a zombie movie. there was nobody on the streets. in my leaf, and the shot of that car bush a
morley safer reporting on cbs. and describing a village being burnt and saying deadpan, and this is what we are fighting for, freedom and democracy. totally deadpan, and you see a village being burned, and women on fire screaming and running out. and what they've done since that war is that the coverage is very controlled. and what you're shown is what the vietnam war they couldn't completely control the stuff coming out, and that was important. and, of course, the place where that war isn't...
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he's from cbs 4, and he's our morning anchor from cbs 4, josh benson, bleez, welcome -- please, welcome him. [applause] >> good afternoon, what a day for a great discussion, a great pam today, and welcome to the 29th year of the miami book fair international. i'm the new kid on the block. i just movedded here a few months ago. if you raised your hand and just joining us, what an event, i'm with you on that. it's a very popular event, and today tees no exception. we have a great panel joining us today. i want to introduce them. we have a short amount of time today with three great authors so we'll get started. david is joining us today to talk about his book "barack obama: the story" following up the first two gentleman, michael here as well joining us, going to be speaking on "the new new deal: hidden story of change in the obama administration,ed" leadoff speaker is "bailout: how washington abandoned main street while rescuing wall street," give a big round of applause, and cbs 4 has been here for years, and great to have these guys joining us today. take it away, thank you so much. [a
he's from cbs 4, and he's our morning anchor from cbs 4, josh benson, bleez, welcome -- please, welcome him. [applause] >> good afternoon, what a day for a great discussion, a great pam today, and welcome to the 29th year of the miami book fair international. i'm the new kid on the block. i just movedded here a few months ago. if you raised your hand and just joining us, what an event, i'm with you on that. it's a very popular event, and today tees no exception. we have a great panel...
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if we engage in activities, which we would want others to pursue the cbs which means assassinating people, interviewing and so forth, we perpetuate the regime and make it stronger. >> host: yeah, let's talk a little bit more about what has gone wrong with the united states in the closing minutes here because you do go into some detail about that in your book and it's interesting there was another pastor of the earlier book about the koran chest or that came back to where you talk about as we become increasingly multicultural society that is more difficult that it will be to fashion a can of us on foreign policy except overly dramatic and massive foreign threat. it is interesting that since then he wrote that in 1998. since then we've had 9/11 and yet we have this deep disagreement in this country over the com of the response to the 9/11 threat in the iraq war. we seem to have if anything a great sense of division now than we had when jimmy carter was running for president against ronald reagan. talk about how serious you think those problems are and how to resolve them? >> guest: i don't
if we engage in activities, which we would want others to pursue the cbs which means assassinating people, interviewing and so forth, we perpetuate the regime and make it stronger. >> host: yeah, let's talk a little bit more about what has gone wrong with the united states in the closing minutes here because you do go into some detail about that in your book and it's interesting there was another pastor of the earlier book about the koran chest or that came back to where you talk about as...
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. >> cb solomon of -- solomon ortiz senior. >> that's exactly right. yes. but he arrived because first he was inexperienced in the ways of governance or politics at large. he arrives three and half weeks after everybody else did because of the recount, and so i followed a lot of these congressman around to get a sense of the irrational experience, and his was one of the kind of citizen politicians to try as you might can never quite catch up. always just sort of, you know, holding on to the medicine ball for dear life and never kind of getting a top of it. he was -- i mean, he told me he had this recurring nightmare that he was alone in his office and there was no furniture and only a phone that rang and rang and rang and he was never able to get it. he told a group of business lobbyists. you know you have that anxiety. dreams are really big. you know, that anxiety dream of going to school and looking down and not wearing your pants. you need to be the guys to tell me where my pants. the ones to tell me what things they ought to be voting for. and, you know
. >> cb solomon of -- solomon ortiz senior. >> that's exactly right. yes. but he arrived because first he was inexperienced in the ways of governance or politics at large. he arrives three and half weeks after everybody else did because of the recount, and so i followed a lot of these congressman around to get a sense of the irrational experience, and his was one of the kind of citizen politicians to try as you might can never quite catch up. always just sort of, you know, holding...
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they asked people this time of year two years ago when "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes he should be on mount rushmore who is not there. guess who won? so in terms of heroic stature, he is fair. he is the president-elect to. that goes back to the arc of this life. saving his crew, the cuban missile crisis, getting the rope that a missile war. a lot of it has to heroic stature. the people have in their minds. i think also you may not come to mind as much of the day, when he does come to mind there is a stirring mayor. postcode let's talk later about kennedy for president. what did he do right? what did he do wrong? let's talk about kennedy man. who was the? >> guest: that's a great question. a hand in hand. not the house band, not the president, but the guy, the person you're the one you hang with in the navy and went to high school with. jackie when he was killed trying to explain her husband and i guess to resolve. she said it was a sick young kid who was alone all the time, always reading about his heroes. he was never well-nigh peered inside he was still a sick coming young kid lo
they asked people this time of year two years ago when "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes he should be on mount rushmore who is not there. guess who won? so in terms of heroic stature, he is fair. he is the president-elect to. that goes back to the arc of this life. saving his crew, the cuban missile crisis, getting the rope that a missile war. a lot of it has to heroic stature. the people have in their minds. i think also you may not come to mind as much of the day, when he does come...
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terms of fresh memories but they asked people, this time of year, two years ago, "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes, who should be on mount rushmore and who is not there? guess who won? beating out at trn reg in. in terms of heroic stature he is there. he is the president they look to him that goes back to the archivist life from the the heroism saving his crew, the cuba missile crisis, getting us through that without a nuclear war. i think getting killed the way he was killed. people deals to have in their mind so i think he is in our hearts as well and i think that although you may not come to mind as much as he did, when he does come to mind there is a stirring there. >> host: let's talk later about kennedy the president. what did he do right and what did he do wrong? let's start with a man, kennedy demand. who was he? >> guest: that's a great question that's the question i wanted to get to, the him and him, not the husband, not the president but the guy, the person the one you would hang around with in the navy, the one you went to high school with. jackie when he was killed, when th
terms of fresh memories but they asked people, this time of year, two years ago, "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes, who should be on mount rushmore and who is not there? guess who won? beating out at trn reg in. in terms of heroic stature he is there. he is the president they look to him that goes back to the archivist life from the the heroism saving his crew, the cuba missile crisis, getting us through that without a nuclear war. i think getting killed the way he was killed. people...
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finally, cbs did. it is documented elsewhere. i think what it connects to is that during the days that johnson became president, johnson was someone who didn't believe in conspiracies, but he believes and political manipulation. johnson was told they presumed murderer, a defector, was seen by the fbi trying to go to the embassy in mexico city. this is on the johnson tapes. he was very worried that if americans knew all of this, he would be so serious to attack the cuban military, maybe even the soviet union, so he called in the chief justice and he said please leave this commission. .. >> guest: his very close krone think and confidant, he made a place for him by enticing goldberg to get off the court to go to the u.n. where jonathan assured him you could make peace in vietnam with me. goldberg was furious later on that he had been enticed that way. we don't know exactly why johnson did that. he lived through the new deal. he saw how the supreme court repealing important laws of the new deal really hurt roosevelt just as presiden
finally, cbs did. it is documented elsewhere. i think what it connects to is that during the days that johnson became president, johnson was someone who didn't believe in conspiracies, but he believes and political manipulation. johnson was told they presumed murderer, a defector, was seen by the fbi trying to go to the embassy in mexico city. this is on the johnson tapes. he was very worried that if americans knew all of this, he would be so serious to attack the cuban military, maybe even the...
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have a long struggle and cbs did. that is on tape and documented elsewhere. i think what it connects to is during the days after johnson became president lyndon johnson was someone who didn't believe in conspiracies but he was a furtive person. he believes in political manipulation. one said for lyndon johnson the shortest distance between two points was a tunnel and to some extent that was true. johnson came back from dallas. johnson is told the presumed murder defected to the soviet union and came back. was deemed by the fbi trying to go to the cuban and soviet embassies in mexico city and some of the other associations. johnson's first reaction is where there's smoke there's fire and this is on these johnson takes he was very worried if americans knew all of this they would be so furious they would demand the united states attack cuba militarily and maybe even attack the soviet union. a case in which 15 to twenty million americans and others might die. so he called in the chief justice who didn't want to do it, warren said no. he said people suspect there'
have a long struggle and cbs did. that is on tape and documented elsewhere. i think what it connects to is during the days after johnson became president lyndon johnson was someone who didn't believe in conspiracies but he was a furtive person. he believes in political manipulation. one said for lyndon johnson the shortest distance between two points was a tunnel and to some extent that was true. johnson came back from dallas. johnson is told the presumed murder defected to the soviet union and...
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before that, katie was at cbs. so we do have more female participation going on. i happen to believe that the 21st century will be the century of women. half of the company presents are women. still, only 3% and the ceo in the fortune 500 report women. one woman is an important executive in silicon valley. missile burns is an african-american woman at a technology company, xerox. we are making slow progress. but with each success, i think it inspires others to step up. more than half of the students now enrolled in medical school and law schools are women. that will have a big impact on our society. >> host: several e-mails and tweets on this one. can you please discuss the print journalism future and broadcast journalism future? >> guest: we are going through transition, obviously. it is very hard for me to see how it's all going to turn out, say 20 years from now. say when my eldest granddaughter is in her mid- '30s. what will she be getting her news from on a daily basis? she's always a part of the information technology generation, very actively involved. but
before that, katie was at cbs. so we do have more female participation going on. i happen to believe that the 21st century will be the century of women. half of the company presents are women. still, only 3% and the ceo in the fortune 500 report women. one woman is an important executive in silicon valley. missile burns is an african-american woman at a technology company, xerox. we are making slow progress. but with each success, i think it inspires others to step up. more than half of the...